Operations & Maintenance Planner

Embedded Expertise; City Of Stirling; On-site; AUD 83,000 - 124,000; Full time

Job summary

Embedded Expertise in Osborne Park, WA seeks an experienced Operations & Maintenance Planner to coordinate maintenance activities across critical infrastructure assets. You will develop work packs, convert programs into packages, coordinate resources, and ensure safety and efficiency.

The role requires trade or tertiary qualification and strong planning, with experience in asset operations and CMMS tools. We offer a contract opportunity with immediate start, focusing on safe, efficient planning

Qualifications

• Demonstrated maintenance planning and scheduling experience.
• Strong understanding of asset management and maintenance work management processes.
• Experience within infrastructure, utilities, industrial, manufacturing, resources or similar environments.
• Strong communication and stakeholder engagement skills.
• Excellent organisational skills and attention to detail.
• Current Driver's Licence.

Responsibilities

• Develop work packs for new maintenance activities
• Convert annual maintenance programs into structured work packages
• Coordinate labour, materials, services, tooling and equipment requirements
• Identify and manage maintenance and operational constraints
• Collaborate with schedulers to optimise maintenance activities and resource utilisation
• Conduct site inspections to validate scope and planning requirements
• Provide maintenance planning support and technical advice to operational teams
• Monitor maintenance backlogs and overdue preventative maintenance activities
• Maintain accurate maintenance data within CMMS systems
• Support continuous improvement initiatives and operational performance outcomes

Skills

Maintenance planning

Scheduling

Asset management

Stakeholder engagement

Organisation skills

Current Driver's Licence

Education

Trade qualification or tertiary qualification

Tools

SAP

Maximo

MS Access

Job description

Contract Opportunity | Osborne Park, WA | Immediate Start

We are seeking an experienced Operations & Maintenance Planner to support the planning and coordination of maintenance activities across critical infrastructure assets.

Working closely with operations teams, schedulers, technical specialists and asset planners, you will play a key role in ensuring maintenance work is planned safely, efficiently and with minimal disruption to operations.

Key Responsibilities

• Develop work packs for new maintenance activities
• Convert annual maintenance programs into structured work packages
• Coordinate labour, materials, services, tooling and equipment requirements
• Identify and manage maintenance and operational constraints
• Collaborate with schedulers to optimise maintenance activities and resource utilisation
• Conduct site inspections to validate scope and planning requirements
• Provide maintenance planning support and technical advice to operational teams
• Monitor maintenance backlogs and overdue preventative maintenance activities
• Maintain accurate maintenance data within CMMS systems
• Support continuous improvement initiatives and operational performance outcomes

About You

You will have either a relevant trade or tertiary qualification, or significant experience within maintenance planning and asset operations environments.

Essential Experience

• Demonstrated maintenance planning and scheduling experience
• Strong understanding of asset management and maintenance work management processes
• Experience within infrastructure, utilities, industrial, manufacturing, resources or similar environments
• Strong communication and stakeholder engagement skills
• Excellent organisational skills and attention to detail
• Current Driver's Licence

Highly Regarded

• Experience in water, wastewater, mining, energy or heavy industrial environments
• Knowledge of condition monitoring and maintenance analysis methodologies
• Experience supporting maintenance execution and continuous improvement programs
• Experience with SAP, Maximo, MS Access or similar systems
• Familiarity with contemporary maintenance planning tools and CMMS platforms